1.
Jpn J Infect Dis
; 71(1): 85-87, 2018 Jan 23.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29093319
Subject(s)
Diagnostic Errors , Meningococcal Infections/diagnosis , Neisseria cinerea/isolation & purification , Neisseria meningitidis/isolation & purification , Adult , Burkitt Lymphoma/complications , Burkitt Lymphoma/microbiology , Humans , Male , Meningococcal Infections/blood , Meningococcal Infections/microbiology , Neisseria cinerea/classification , Neisseria meningitidis/classification , Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization , Stem Cells
2.
J Clin Microbiol
; 54(1): 233-5, 2016 Jan.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26511743
ABSTRACT
Neisseria cinerea is a human commensal. The first known case of meningitis and bacteremia due to Neisseria cinerea following percutaneous glycerol instillation of the trigeminal ganglion is reported. Conventional phenotypic methods and complete 16S RNA gene sequencing accurately identified the pathogen. Difficulties in differentiation from pathogenic neisseriae are discussed.